Show Rockne Praises orl of Utah University Eleven 1 Famous Notre Dame Mentor I Gives Crimson Recognition i Five Members ers of Rocky Mountain Conference Cham Chain Champions Cited For Work York in Hawaii Contest Utah May Gain Victory Over Northwestern Next Fall Rockne States By Ey AL WARDEN OF UTAH footballers Rocky Mountain Con U Con Con- Confer Ui fer nce champions during 1926 victorious over Hawaii in inan all ag contest and one of four undefeated teams 01 It America during the past season deserve to be ranked with th leading machines for the campaign recently closed That WitS was the statement made here Friday exclusively to the b by no less an authority than Knute Rockne world fain fam famous oils ous mentor and football coach at t Notre Dame university I I 1 havo have great respect for IkO Ike Armstrongs Armstrong's Mid flu Rockne They dished out a smart brand ot of football at Bt Honolulu and nd right right- rightfully tull fully deserve national recognItion for their 1926 UK record In In looking over ovet the tho undefeated ed field and arid tho tto leadin machines dont donL tho big Me Red fied team 0 Utah lily would compare with any ny team In America Dame as every football tan fan in tzi Am knows know h had d a season dune durin during 1926 scorIng scoring ing ng victories In ever every very contest ex- ex except ex except capt the fracas with Carnegie Tech Th They y coun counted ed a 7 7 0 0 over Army Flann ans an's yard 70 run In Inne inthe Inin the ne final minutes ot of o play turning the trick In their Inter sectional game with the University ot of Southern California they outsmarted the th coasters in the final f four ur mInutes minute ot of play pl y to turn a 13 15 to 7 defeat Into a ius 13 to 12 13 victory SERVED EI AS REFEREE The Th esteemed Mr Ir r was the m man n la In n charge of ot tho the Utah Utah-H Utah Utah- Hawaii w li contest and as s a conse conso- consequence quence had d a splendid chance to give tho the Utes lites the tho once over with Ins IllS wei trained optics optic He H ie IS ea referee A statement that Interested the writers writer and will be b ot of consider consider- considerable consider consider-abl able interest io 0 O football fans tans In general from front Rockne was wac wa The The UniversIty ot of Utah will all ail they can handlo next till fall in their Inter Inter- Inter clash at t Chicago And dont doni bo ho surprised It the Utah tiam am tt rt her Journey westward with Ith a triumph I I look for tor Utah UlM to give ghe North Northwestern western estern R a period four battle and e Utah has more an even chance to defeat the th E anston eleven Five ra of the th CrImson machine came cam In lu for tor comment durIng the th short hort Interview They were Vie Tauter and Thornton MorrL ends end Paul gaul Calfe center lack jack Howells elect captain-elect and and Pete Fete Dow halfback Tauter Morr a certainly maJo mado ft R splendid Impression with me as ends uld Mor Mor- Mor Morris or- or ris is 18 one ot of tho the best be t men on the tho ther receiving end ot of forward forn passes that I have hav looked at In some sometime sometime sometime time Ills Ill method Is both unIque and reliable CREDIT TO 10 Tills ThIs chap Tuter 01 oi defense Ie Ien Isa e ea n a marvel Hed He'd be to use us a poor phrase I a ha hard d egg csc on any team tamin n In the th country The rhe Th l Tau Morris combination is 18 a credit to the tho Howells unquestionably ranked with leading backs of ot the tho nation and was picked on tho the Jones Jones- Rockne Jonen Warner Am America All teams Kith Ith other othet b backs back II lie e should be e a at his best beat next falL faiL Dow Do he be running mote mato mat for Howells 13 tas wonderful possibilities ties ties and should develop Into a marvelous athlete H HJ n needs need eds Justa just a wee bit of experience and nud pol- pol polIshIng pol off oU Th The fifth member of th the Utah team that impressed m me as an out outstanding on th the tho Mor Mormon Mor- Mor UlOn mon machine was th the pivot man Paul Caffey Critics no doubt overlooked this youngster in their mythical selections He H Ii is abot about as a fine luo a pivot phot man as 03 one w would want ant Ho s 's the bell beli is a ademon ademon ademon demon on deer defense and on nn exceptional exceptional Honal passer His lib size sir and weIght aro are 1 ideal enl Armstrong I ii fortunate fortunato in a center with such fino fine qu When Then informed that th the Utah team of ot lUG 1926 will b bu be almost Ini tn In- In tact when hen the th 1927 cason seaSon opens said They are r a mighty powerful outfit well versed in the tho fine lne points of ot footbalL I 1 look f for lr ArmstronG to have havo ai 1 even bet bet- better better ter team next neat fall fall-a fall JL team that will and sho-jid sho attract national attention Rockne backed the th writer In Inthe Inthe the statement Utah team of 1926 did not cot receive th the recognition earned from front critic and coaches L TEAMS ranked Utah UtEJ and the Southern Methodist university ot Texas as a two exceptional teams during 1926 1526 that failed to creep Into tho the publicity column After Aner watching Utah play Hawaii I 1 n wai wac convinced con hat the brand of ot football over the nation Is becoming moro more mor and mor There Thero Is I little In and methods Large have an tae cage tage In having large largo squads and financial means men a feature which offers a severe obstacle to Utah and other smaller schools Rockne ae accompanied by his hi family Is to South liend from Hawaii where a vacation of more than Cor weeks was waa en- en enJoyed en enjoyed joyed oyed following the th U S C NoIre Kotre Dame game which attracted fans tans at Los An Angles des In la early Decem b r The Th tributes from Rockne cia ele- elevate el vate vate the tho stock of ot Iko Ike Armstrong youthful and Inci Incidentally tact tact- Incidentally dentally furnish Utah n a matter matte ot of Just rec a recognition 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